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The Red CrossSource: The American Journal of Nursing, Vol. 12, No. 7 (Apr., 1912), pp. 571-573Published by: Lippincott Williams & WilkinsStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3404962 .

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THE RED CROSS

IN CTTARGF. OF

JANE A. DELANO, R.N.

Chairman of the National Committee on Red Cross Nursing Service

A RED CROSS BUILDING

MENTION was made in the November JOURNAL of the proposal to erect in the city of Washington a national monument to the memory of the loyal women of the Civil War. At that time no suggestion had been offered as to the form which this memorial should take, but it seemed a gracious tribute to the work of women, many of whom had served as nurses during the four years of war. It is now proposed that the monu- ment to be erected shall take the form of a building to be given as head- quarters to the American Red Cross in perpetuity. It seems most appro- priate that the humanitarian work of the American Red Cross in all the years to come should be carried on in a building commemorating the zeal and devotion of the patriotic women who inaugurated the sanitary commission, raising millions for relief work, and who bravied the dangers and discomforts of fever-stricken camp or crowded ward to lessen the suffering of the sick and the wounded.

Dr. Bellows, who was president of the Sanitary Commission, says of these women: "They risked their lives in fevered hospitals, they lived in tents or slept in ambulance wagons for months together, they fell sick of fevers themselves and after long illness returned to the old business of hospital and field service. They carried into their work their womanly tenderness, their copious sympathies, their great-hearted devotion."

Can we wonder that a memorial to them has appealed to the public conscience and finds favor with all who shared in the sorrow and anxiety of those years?

It is reported that Mme. Feuillet, daughter of Octave Feuillet, the novelist, has recently been decorated with the Cross of the Legion of Honor for her services as a nurse.

CHRISTMAS SEALS

COMPLETE reports concerning the sale of seals have not as yet been received, but judging from present indications it appears that not less than 32,500,000 have been sold. Over $300,000 for the anti-tuberculosis campaign of 1912 raised from the sale of Red Cross Seals!

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The co-operation of nurses in Red Cross work has been shown in a very practical way during the recent sale, and we have heard much of the splendid work done by nurses not only in the actual sale of seals but as members of anti-tuberculosis committees.

NEW APPOINTMENTS

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Marie Jorgensen as a member of the Red Cross Emergency Relief Committee of the Asso- ciated Charities of San Francisco, Cal., and of Edna L. Foley on the oommittee of the United Charities, Chicago, Illinois. The appointment of nurses on these relief committees will insure co-operation between the institutional members of the Red Cross and the local committees on Red Cross Nursing Service, making it possible to secure promptly in any emergency the required nursing personnel to assist in relief work. We are fortunate in having such representative nurses interested in Red Cross work.

THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

All members and enrolled nurses of the American Red Cross are cordially invited to attend the sessions of the Ninth International Red Cross Conference to be held in Washington, D. C., May 7 to 17, 1912.

Only the regular delegates appointed by the State Department will take active part in the conference procedures, but all other Red Cross members and nurses who are interested in its work and in the confer- ence will be admitted to the sessions.

The attendance at the opening meeting of the conference will be by invitation only. Those desiring cards for the opening meeting will please send their names and addresses to the American Red Cross, Washington, D. C., before April 15, 1912. For all other sessions of the conference no cards will be required.

The number of delegates sent by any country will, of course, be limited, but it has been decided by the Central Committee of the Amer- ican Red Cross, that in view of the splendid work done by nurses throughout the country, four of our delegates shall be nurses.

Lack of space prevents giving the programme in full, but the papers and discussions will cover the various activities and relations of the Red Cross.

There will be papers on The Purchase of Supplies; Depots for Sup- plies; Identification of Personnel; The Relation of the Red Cross to the Army and Navy in Time of War; The Duty of the Red Cross to Other Countries in Time of War; The Protection of the Insignia; The

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DESIGN FOR RED CROSS MEDAL.

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The Red Cross

Relation of the Red Cross to Prisoners of War; The Assistance of Mili- tary Forces in Time of Peace; and Saturday morning, May 11, will be given over to First-Aid work, while in the afternoon there will be an exhibition of boy scouts, firemen, police and trainmen, a drill by the U. S. Naval Hospital Corps, and an illustration of rescue and first-aid work in mine explosives.

On, Monday, May 13, the morning session will be devoted to the Nursing Service of the Red Cross, training and enrolling of Red Cross nurses and their duties in war and disaster. Tuesday, May 14, will be devoted largely to relief work in disasters and emergencies, and the relation of various relief agencies to the Red Cross. Wednesday morn- ing, May 15, the Red Cross in epidemics and disease will be discussed, with a paper on anti-tuberculosis work by Professor Dr. Pannwitz, of the German Red Cross.

This is the first time that the International Conference of the Red Cross has ever been held outside of Europe and it will probably be many years before we shall have another opportunity to learn of Red Cross work from those who have been interested in its development since the signing of the Geneva treaty. It is earnestly hoped that many nurses may be able to attend, and the chairman of the National Committee will gladly render any assistance possible in arranging for their accommoda- tion while in the city. A list of hotels was given in the March JOURNAL.

A CHICAGO MEETING

A special Red Cross meeting was held in Chicago, March 6, at 8 P.M., under the auspices of the state and local committees, with Ellen V. Robinson as chairman. We are much pleased with the co-operation be- tween these Red Cross committees and the Chicago Institutional mem- ber of the Red Cross as shown in the following programme: Speakers: Mr. James Mullenbach, Institutional member of the Red Cross Acting Superintendent United Charities, Chicago, What Constitutes the Work of an Institutional Member of the Red Cross? Marie T. Phelan, R.N., Some Experience Encountered in a Cyclone Disaster, Hattiesburg, Miss., 1903. Pearl Ringland, R.N., Some of the Complications at the Cherry Mine Disaster, 1909. Edna L. Foley, R.N., A Nurse's Experience at the Fire Disaster, Chelsea, Mass., 1908. Colonel L. Mervin Maus, Chief Surgeon, Dept. of the Lakes, Military Duties of the Red Cross Nurse.

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